Atlanta ranked 4th most literate city
Reading is FUNdamentil, says London PETA protester.
We may be rude, but at least Atlantans is good with books.
A study by some college in Connecticut ranks Atlanta as the forth most literate major U.S. city, trailing only Washington D.C., Seattle and Minneapolis. Atlanta was ranked forth last time to.
City rankings was based on several facters, including newspaper circulation (hooray!), book perchases, education level of residents and library infurmation.
The Los Angeles Times laments the dumness of Californians, who are surely responsible for that cities 59th position, by making fun of the smartest city in America, Washington D.C.
“Considering the fact that it appears that no one in Congress reads the laws they vote on, this is remarkable news,” the Times writes in parentheses, which means they were too scared to just come out and say it.
I wonder about these ranking myself, since New York City is tied with Austin, Texas, for 22nd and we know neither one of them be that smart.
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84 comments Add your comment
Susan Stover
January 26th, 2012
5:39 pm
George Mathis, didn’t read past your second sentence – forth fourth to two too – yikes.
Lee
January 26th, 2012
5:49 pm
I’ve always wondered what type of job “birthers” had…now I know one of them wrote this…or may he/she got help?
Geech
January 26th, 2012
5:53 pm
Mr. Marthis,
I ain’t never seen no better writin’ in my life. Not since Uncle Teemus was writin’ the Skeeter Branch Daily Devotional for Skeeter Branch Baptist Church down in Sheebogee, GA.
Your Friend,
Geech
Old Geezer
January 26th, 2012
5:56 pm
Amazing that no one has blamed Bush or the republicans yet.
Huh???...
January 26th, 2012
5:56 pm
I SERIOUSLY object! Clearly these people do not attempt to communication with the people I do on a daily basis. My neighbor (who works for Gwinnett Co Schools) cannot spell “snake”. Believe me, I’ve seen her try!
JEM
January 26th, 2012
6:24 pm
Kathryn, Fayefan and Robyn are not very smart…
Happy to be from the South
January 26th, 2012
6:32 pm
No gull git of the poach and close dat do! Um fin to reed the funny’s!
The Devil You Say?
January 26th, 2012
6:32 pm
I did enjoy the tongue in cheek nature of the article, but enough already!
Jmoore
January 26th, 2012
6:41 pm
how about the author to this story can’t even spell PURCHASES. Yeah, great news paper circulation.
Jessica
January 26th, 2012
6:44 pm
Don’t get all worked up, people…it’s obviously a joke. (note correct use of apostrophe in “it’s”….haha)